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   Wilfred van Velzen to Ed Vance   
   Re: Can DVD-R be put on D   
   09 May 15 13:21:53   
   
   Hi,   
      
   On 2015-05-08 23:46:00, Ed Vance wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:   
     about: "Re: Can DVD-R be put on D":   
      
    EV> @MSGID: 13893.windowsa@1:2320/105.1 19b2f153   
      
   This is how it arrives here (I checked the .pkt file it came in).   
      
    WvV>> @MSGID: <55435804.13884.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
      
    EV>> @MSGID: 13880.windowsa@1:2320/105.1 19a7b538   
      
    EV> That isn't what I saw when I wrote my reply to You.   
    EV> What I see at the top of this message for the @MSGID: is   
    EV> <55435804.13884.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>, I was surprised to   
    EV> see the part after the @ symbol was changed to numbers that meant the   
    EV> Routing Information for Mikes' BBS.   
      
   A MSGID is supposed to have the nodenumber in it in Fidonet.   
      
   The definition is:   
      
   MSGID   
      
        A MSGID line consists of the string "^AMSGID:" (where ^A is a   
        control-A (hex 01) and the double-quotes are not part of the   
        string),  followed by a space,  the address of the originating   
        system,  and a serial number unique to that message on the   
        originating system,  i.e.:   
      
             ^AMSGID: origaddr serialno   
      
   So Mike's system probably sets it that way when it leaves the system to his   
   links in fidonet.   
      
    EV> Has the Origin Line in this message been changed to capcity2 yet?   
      
   Nope still the same.   
      
    EV> I haven't seen any reply from Mike in the echo that I posted the   
    EV> message to tell him about it.   
      
   Hmm, Mike doesn't seem very active on his system... That happens. :-(   
      
    WvV>> Btw: why isn't that hostname in the nodelist? He has a binkd   
    WvV>> online there...   
      
    EV> I got no idea of what is in the nodelist, I'm a User of this BBS,   
    EV> I don't know the stuff SysOp's know about BBSing.   
      
   Ok. ;)   
      
    EV> I always appreciated the people who had a computer that ran a BBS.   
      
    EV> I began using BBS's in 1984 when I used a Commodore 64 with a 300 baud   
    EV> modem.   
      
   Exactly the same here! ;)   
      
    EV> I had accounts with BBS's ran on Commodore, Apple and IBM Compatable   
    EV> computers.   
      
    EV> Back then I read Computer Shopper Magazine and saw how much it cost to   
    EV> buy those computers.   
    EV> I didn't own a compatable pc until 1994, and that one (to me) cost a   
    EV> lot of $$$$$$$$$$$ in 1994.   
      
    EV> The C=64 wasn't cheap in 1984 either - the pc, floppy drive and modem   
    EV> cost as much as 'ONE' 4MB SIMM RAM stick cost in 1994 when I got the   
    EV> compatable.   
      
   Tell me about it! ;)   
      
   After the C=64. I switched to Amiga's and those were even more expensive, but   
   lot's of fun! ;)   
      
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
      
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